You should have noticed publication rythm of Random Trax became a little bit slower than usually. Indeed I've got a new job sucking 7 days of my week and 10 hours of my 15 daily eyes-opened hours, not a lot of time to write. Don't worry, no stop nor suspension for Random Trax, you'll just have to be a little more patient! To make you wait before the next real post, here is a remix post as you like it, with 9 nice music pieces found during the 2 last weeks.

Let's begin with a creative, ingenious, melodic and great great remix. It's one of my best remixes of 2009. Yes, easier to say when the year is about to end. Kn1ghT is young and brillant, both important qualities to succeed. We hope this Birdy Nam Nam remix is just a preview of what he's capable of.

This one, everybody heard it at least once (or not), but I couldn't omit to tell you I love it publicly. Will this Monsieur ever stop to impress us? Is his black & white magician's hat a deeper than ever fount of wonders? Will the next rabbit to get out of it be bigger than the previous one? So many questions, one answer : Gonzales, THE man-artist. A bang bang tune made by Erol Alkan & Boys Noize, turned into an irreal pianistic performance, an operatic take-off played at very high speed... We now easily understand why Chilly acted as Serge's hands in Gainsbourg, vie héroïque, a movie about the life of the man with the husky voice, cigarettes and pretty girlz which will be out on January the 20th.

One, two, three, ten, twenty, one hundred then Mille. A short list of growing numbers, just like the surprisingly growing Swedish scene, neverending climbing story, higher and higher. Hey friends, be careful, it's colder and colder if you keep climbing to the North Pole! Maybe he's not the thousandth on the list, but he's actually named Mille. And one year ago, he was giving life to a half-Mother-Christmas half-pornstar pin-up called

Crysteena. After twelve months spent on a warm HDD, here it is, naked and lying on a 12". As a bonus, 2 remixes from 2 experimented actors, who have been playing music (and girls) since when the hypest website was 3615 HOTSEX and videos were pi-sex-lized. Easily overlengthing the requirments, their talent's not far from the biggest. Of course I'm dealing with Justin Faust and Edwin Van Cleef, converted into co-pimps. The moustache of the first can't lie, only a pimp can wear such a hairy thing. While the remix of the young English artists EVC brings us into a futuristic Chinatown, the one of the German evil's beginning like a MJ-song then shining like a disco ball into a brothel... What a mess!

Thanks to Dödselectro for the EVC remix and for all the good tunes they're spreading.

When I was young, I used to play with a special friend. He could have been a human if his ears weren't as tall as his feet. And a brain twice as big as a normal one. He taught me everything. This sweet dude was called Adi. I used to like him, but when he finished teaching me what he had to, I didn't see him as often as before, my friend Adi. I'd never have thought I'll find him again next to my home, just beyond the mountains, busy with using synths and making the Italian air fresher than it's now with a breathy sound inspired by his Roman ancestors.

Monsieur Adi is a nice Milan-based boy, not a contempt Jules Cesar or a bad Brutus, but an innocent Caius Bonus. If he could, he'd cross the Alps. This Gaul lover is a strong & talented young musician who is about to hit the top in 2010. His first EP will be out early next year, and this fashion student organized a remix contest, trying to find another talented artist who'll be able to make a nice work on his track. Results are not public yet but you, Random Trax readers, could expect a big & sweet surprise.

To wait, let's have a listen to one of the official remixes featured on the EP, here is the one of Freak You, French member of the French label On The Fruit Records, also hosting Geneva-based artist Worship. A very good remix making us wanting more.

...well, he's always the King of soccer, be sure this hoodlum called Ronaldo has not replaced him in Mancunians' heart.But musically, Manchester is about to enter a new era which could be best than the previous one. Yes, it has to be said, the time of Joy Division (or New Order or Bad Lieutenant, call them as you like), Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, Primal Scream and even Oasis has ended. Gallagher brothers' recent split (at Rock en Seine 2009) is the biggest illustration of this end. Madchester from the eighties is dead, although we can see a kind of rebirth of this musical movement with Kasabian (from Leicester) or The Rapture, based in NY. But from the seedy parts of the third biggest English city is growing a deafening rumor : Madchester could be just about to re-emerge in a 2.0 version!

For Dan Parrott, everything started back in December 2006, when he began working for Channel M, a local channel of Manchester. Till May 2009, he produced musical shows responsible for the English TV debut of bands like Friendly Fires, Metronomy, Delphic, Everything Everything, The Ting Tings and hundreds of others. Sadly Channel M's music department had to close its doors, for financial issues. Far from giving up and with many contacts, Dan decided to create Love & Disaster, a company which main goal is to promote the Mancunian scene, where each bands are close friends, never hesitating in helping each other, very open-minded and ready to make Manchester THE place to be next year to see the music live.

The first L&D release is about to be released on January, 11th of 2010 ; it will be a 4 tracks compilation availble digitally or on a 10" gatefold. Note the same day will be released Delphic's debut album.

On the menu, a brillant Side A introduced by aerian rock of Airship,Kids's chorus being the top of the top, I think. A little bit like an anthem for a TV campaign against poverty, something like that. Like an advert dealing with kids forced to stay outdoor at night, in obscure and cold city corners. You see, being 21 in Manchester is not a reason to forget where we come from, all former children, sometimes afraid, sometimes left by our best friends.To complete this side, let's welcome Dutch Uncles. With these guys, we enter a more scientific dimension. They play a math-rock as we like it, with ringing chords and nice piano parts. Although leader-singer Duncan Wallis is a bit weird on stage (I think he absorbed too much mathematic lessons), quality is the order of the day on O.C.D.U.C, which we could easily translate like this : Oh Christ! Dutch Uncles, Caramba!

As a double-sided vinyle is always full of surprises, we turn it with a bit of excitement. We're now going to deal with a sounding-like-a-soundtrack tune, Lastbreath, California from Jo Rosebeing not far from the perfect track to meet Eddie Vedder, a.k.a. singer of mythic American garage band Pearl Jam, on the original soundtrack ofInto The Wild. Only 22 years old and already a great professional when it's time to talk of music industry, Jo lays his angelic voice on a pretty piano melody, sweet for our ears.And now let's welcome Love & Disaster 1 conclusion, here it is : a (fabulous?) exclusive remix of Delphic - This Momentary by Everything Everything. In other words, it's the combination of two of the biggest hopes for 2010 dealing with Mancunian music ; there's no need to present the first ones, who are about to release their debut album Acolyte on January, the second ones ready to follow them as soon as possible with their recent signing on Geffen Records, a... German label. Oh, I was about to forget : this brillant mix between Delphic's cleverness and EE's madness is certainly the ideal finish for this compilation.

Let's hope for more Dan's great ideas, and nicely a follow-up seems to be already created in his mind. Indeed there's a huge potential on Manchester's music scene to make more compilations. Egyptian Hip Hop, May 68, the Lost Knives and Run Toto Run may have a role to play on it soon. But now we're just waiting for Love & Disaster 1 to be released, and the vinyle is available for pre-order here and will be definitely available on usual legal download places on January the 11th.

What's up today? Well, a new young English girl, blond haired, singing a sensual pop on an electro vs. rock music with an awesome voice. It seems I hear a new one everyday. Strange thing, each time there's a new one emerging, we compare her to all her fellow singers and predict her a career full of success. And yes, the Readhead, the Little winter Boots, Marina and her diamonds, Florence and her machine and even Ellie the golden oldie (What? It's Goulding, not golden oldie? I promise I'll safe my ears for the next gig I'll be attending) must be careful, because Kirstenana is coming, rumbling like a mega storm, we feel her approaching the hit parade's coast and, just a little advice, you'd better play hide and seek before she ravage everything on her way to reach the top.I probably spent one hour searching for her single Happy on the Internet, and I haven't found it anywhere else but on her MySpace page and in this video shot on a couch corner. The sound is way too smooth, rise it up, and if you're not pleased with it, just go and listen to it on her space. After all, If you're not happy, then you should walk away. Damn it!

Anyway, for everybody who stayed here, I've got a fresh present, made with love two nights ago, packed yesterday morning "dès l'aube, à l'heure où blanchit la campagne" as Victor Hugo would have said...And it's... it's... a Flashworx remix! Yeah, I know, I've already published one last wednesday. But seriously, who cares, we're not going to refuse it, these two Geneva-based DJs are more productive than two opposite sex rabbits in a cage. Even less reasons not to listen to it when quality is here. Judge by yourself right above.

Let's begin with this Passion Pit remix of Chairlift. Melodious Bruises with brillant synths from Angelakos and amigos helps us to wake up and breath, in order to enter correctly into this random session.

Flashworx, last baby born of Switzerland's music scene, is with Worship the spearhead of electro from Geneva, between retro, disco and psychedelia. With this sparkling and groovy remix of Multipac, an English boy making 80s-like soundtracks, Anthony and Mike are entering a crucial winter. Starting with their voice on Starworshipper from Futurecop!, half castrato half American rapper for such a cool result. Next, a bunch of remixes, one in particular you'll probably find pretty brillant. I have to keep the secret but I can say it will be for a Valérie's artist and it will be included into a mixtape I'm drooling over.It wouldn't be complete if I forget to tell you their own compositions are going to join their first Il était une fois to make us wait before their first EP... Winter will be hot!

Groove Armada are two friends from Cambridge first known ten years ago for their pioneer chill-out single At The River. They'll come back with their 6th studio album on February 2010, Black Light, with I Won't Kneel as a first extract. Remixed by italo-balkano-beetroot suckers The Bloody Beetroots, it's a hidden invitation to come and burn the dancefloor.

Soon, masks won't have anymore secrets for anybody, from a buzz phenomena to a fashion phenomena, turning a compact crowd of young dudes wearing skinny jeans and checked shirts into a incredible mix of Spiderman, Venom, Leatherface, Scream's killer, Jason, wrestlers or even blindfolded Zorro or helmeted Daft Punk. That's why God of electro sent the Toxic Avenger on Earth, in order to restore order into this masked cacophony, to wipe out unfair competition and impose Toxic style : white mask with red stripes. Simon Delacroix is clearing is own way into cold Parisian nights and on his banner it's written : 'Be afraid, I'm coming'.

PS : The remix is from Lapse, a South African DJ. You should have a look at his myspace.

One more Parisian guy! They're everywhere. I was dealing with Allure one month ago hereabout his last trackNocturne, and I recently came across this excellent remix of Narcisse by Bestrack, who is... a Parisian boy. His remix is not far from a total rework rather than a simple bassline or synthline add, and you know these remixes are the best.

At first sight, Amy Meredith sounds like an American female singer. Moving closer, you think 'hey dude, don't go forward, you don't like women having a beard and praising her Pornstarqualities'. Then you take off your hands from your ears and hear a male voice. Doped with testosterone? Transsexual? Simply out of curiosity, you go forward and realize you made a mistake. In front of you, five young east Australians just starting their career.And don't forget to thank NY-based Diamond Cut for remixing this piece and turning it into a jewel cut out to make you dance.

Here it is for main confirmed 2010 albums with the two previous posts. You may understand I've consciously left out a few others simply because they're not part of my best of. Egocentric explanation : After all Random Trax was born to spread my music tastes, not others.Anyway, a last list from A to T to deal with tempting rumors you could find all over the web. Little (and short) review of dreams haunting your nights, you musical lover :

- Animal Collective have been working for 3 years on a 'Visual Project' which is a kind of a VJ (Video-Jockey) thing, the goal being to expresse pictures we imagine while closing our eyes and listening to their music. Yes guys, but what do you want to do with it? The American band answered they're going to try to feature it into cinemas and theaters before a DVD release.

- Jerry Fuchs, Holy Ghost! and many other bands' (LCD Soundsystem, !!!, The Juan McLean...) drummer tragically died recently. Sad news for the music world, and no touring for his two NY mates, so why not an album after a few months of rest?

- One year after strange and fascinating Fantasy Black Channel, Late of the Pier are about to release a new single called Blueberry. Produced with Erol Alkan (coolest Turkish DJ for sure), it will be out on his Phantasy label in a few days, before beeing re-edited in February with Best In The Class. Both are listenable here. There is less than 8 months between a single and an album, isn't it?

- The Twelves, 'Brazilian Daft Punk' dealing with skills, 'Brazilian Aeroplane' dealing with need in remixing everything's running in the air, could have the great idea to compose their own music. And it probably won't be so bad.

Come back with Mars, which will be the month where DFA Records-style dance-punk will reborn with James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem giving us a third studio album recorded now in a LA place. It'll be made of tracks like Why Do You Hate Music? or Love in LA. In the same vein, DIOYY or should I say Does It Offend You, Yeah? will make it twice with Don't Say We Didn't Warn You which, according to the band, will be more prog-rock and mainly inspired by Muse universe.Let's stay into English dance-punk with Friendly Fires also releasing a second album. Not so long ago, leader-singer Ed McFarlane told to BBC 6music they already had 4 tracks written, just one month after their 2009 tour ended. It's for May.

Let's change a little our musical direction and learn with delight Brooklyn trio School Of Seven Bells has already planned a sequel to Alpinisms and its sweet, ethereal and full of coton candy clouds atmosphere. We wait for Disconnect From Desire at the beginning of the year. Clouds... rain... snow... let's go to Norway to meet Röyksopp, the fastest gun in the North : with Junior barely released, Spring 2010 we'll be the time for the birth of Senior (should we see here a wink to their Danish neighbours?) which will be, according to the duo, the calm young elder brother of energic Junior. Eternal quote inviting you not to teach your grandmother to suck eggs, we can be prepared with equanimity to a jewel in the Melody A.M.kind of mood.

Spring will also be the time for an important answer : MGMT, hyped for a little while or true extra-terrestrial phenomenon which is going to be written in our mind for ages? Congratulations will be the second album of VanWyngarden and Goldwasser, and surely the most awaited. Recorded in Malibu with Pete Kember and mixed by Flaming Lips's producer, we can expect a few tracks; three songs have already been played live, you'll find them here.

Foals and Arcade Fire are at the moment recording into studios, but if we are impatient to hear new stuff from them, we don't know so much except Oxford young horses are doing it in Sweden and burning Montreal-based band hope to release it in the second part of the year.Klaxons have been working on a sequel to Myths of the Near Future since 2007, but after a first try their label kindly asked them to restart from zero, because of 'too much experimental stuff'. Bad, I would have listen to it with delight. Anyway, there's a timer on their website showing 27 days left before... announcing a new album? (last minute edit : erf, this timer isn't on the right way... sorry, I was probably sleepy when I saw it).I've also heard of a new Kings Of Leon for Fall 2010, and a new Interpol for Spring, it seems leader-singer Paul Banks a.k.a. Julian Plenti doesn't think in solo anymore.

Much more electronic will be the return of Kraftwerk, the most changing old German quartet through the forty last years, with their 12th studio album, the first since 2003's Tour de France but mainly the first without co-founder Florian Schneider.I also have to deal with Justice, Daft Punk's lil' bros, who are going to release a new album early next year for the rebirth of American label Elektra Records. We want more Cross, we want Phantom Pt. III and Across the Universe 2 to make our ears cry.

Icing on the cake to perfectly conclude 2010, huge Parisian duo Daft Punk will release on December the 17th the Tron Legacy O.S.T, and if some little edits appeared on the Internet, we can't say what this soundtrack will be made of. Olivia Wilde, co-star of the movie, told us the duo will make an appearance in front of the movie cameras. Hmm. BUT, as a good new never comes alone, just remember this old interview of Busy P, former manager of De Homem-Christo and Bangalter from 1996 to 2008, who told us they were in studio in Paris when he left them, but that we have to let us the time to compose, to bring their work to complete development. That was back in Spring 2008. If wine needs one year to correctly reach maturity, would two years be enough for our friends wearing full-face crash helmets? We all live in hope.

The only goal of this blog is to present artists to the readers, make them love the music posted here and by the way give them desire to buy releases of these artists. My only profit is the happiness to know I could have been the one to launch a passion for a band, an artist or simply music into the heart of someone somewhere in this world.If you are the owner of a track published here and if you want me to erase it, just contact me and I will do so. However you must remind that musical blogs are often the place where we first discover an artist.